Flynn and Fallon met here in Albany and used to create improv comedy together. In a recent interview with AllOverAlbany.com, Flynn said the two used go off with a bag of books and create characters, riffing off lines together. In the mid-1990s, they appeared on a local show, "Metroland's Loose Camera."

Flynn, who has an African-American father and white mother like Obama, told the website even though friends had encouraged him for years to try out his Obama, he was hesitant until the President himself went on Fallon's show. Still, it's been a challenge to be on national television.

"It took three appearances before it actually became fun," Flynn told AllOverAlbany.com. "It was very stressful at first. I got the script for the second one five minutes before we went on the air. They used cue cards and I'm not skilled with them yet. But that crew at Late Night — they are so professional. From the makeup women who make me look like him, to the costume people who do exactly the watch and wedding ring he wears, to the camera people — everyone is so supportive. And all that support lends itself to a sound performance."

In a great sketch, the two play the candidates chatting on the phone during the vice presidential debate. They talk about Bugles, the snack food, and Paul Ryan's hair. Obama's victory means we'll see more of Flynn and Fallon onscreen and that's a win for both parties.

Though a number of downstate campuses lost power, many dorms had back-up generators and Stony Brook University relied on its own power plant to keep on the lights, and heat, SUNY spokesman David Doyle said Wednesday.

The Old Westbury campus may still be operating on generator power in the dorms, but the other SUNY campuses were open by Monday, a week after the storm hit, he said. Nassau and Suffolk County Community Colleges both lost power for days.

"We think we were well-prepared," he said.

SUNY Maritime, meanwhile, is still housing hundreds of relief works on its ship docked near the Throgs Neck bridge in the Bronx.

A few satellite campuses of the Empire State College are still closed in some of the hardest hit areas, including in Staten Island because of power issues. There is no timetable yet on when those will reopen.